Rail-fastener.



H. B. HALL.

RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1917.

Patentd 10%, H, 191?.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 11, 191?.

ames filed. March 12,1917. Serial no. 154,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HARVEY B. HALL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Champaign, in the county ofChampaign and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make .and

use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in rail fasteners and moreparticularly to that class of fasteners adapted for use on metallic orcomposition ties.

One object of the invention is to provide a fastener which will bereadily applied to use without resorting to the use of spikes which aresoon loosened by the vibration caused by the rolling stock.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener which will notonly securely hold the rail on the tie but will also serve as a bracetherefor.

With these and numerous other objects in view, my invention resides inthe novel features of construction and in the combination andarrangement of the parts as will be hereinafter more fully set forthtion and claims.

In the accompanying drawings 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thefastener applied to a tie and rail;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the fastener applied to a tie and rail.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on the plane of line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the fastener.

Numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts inthe several views.

Reference is now had to the drawings in which the numeral 2 designates atie upon which a rail 1 rests. lhis fastener being especially adaptedfor use on metallic or concrete ties 1 have'illustrated in the drawingsa tie 2 comprising a metallic shell 3 which is filled with concrete 4and reinforced in any desired manner, said tie having transverseapertures or openings therethrough for a purpose to be hereinafter setforth.

The rail fastener comprises a horizontally disposed flat metal plate'tipreferably elongated as shown in the drawings, said plate being of alength slightly greater than the in the specifica- 7 width of the baseflange of the rail 1, the purpose of which will be hereinafterdescribed. The plate 6 has one end inclined and a laterally extendinginclined flange Twhich may be bent from the said end of the plate 6.ormolded integrally therewith; said flange being provided on its upperend with anupwardly and inwardly inclined extension 8 which isadapted totake over the adjacent portion of the base flange of the rail therebyprelventing relative movement of the tie and rai For the purpose ofsecuring the fastener to the tie, the plate is provided with an aperture9 at one end adapted to aline with the transverse opening in the tie,said alined openings receiving therethrough a bolt 10 which is held inplace by a nut 11.

When the fastener is applied to a tie as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in whichviews two are shown on one tie, the portion of the plate 6 which isapertured extends beyond the edge of the base flange so that the bolts10 after passing through the tie will be positioned adjacent the flangedend of the other fastener.

It will be readily seen that in use two fasteners may be applied to eachtie, as shown in the drawings or one fastener may be applied to eachtie, said fasteners being of course secured to the same sides of everyother tie and to the opposite sides of the ties between.

From the foregoing description of the construction and operation of myimproved rail fastener, the manner of applying the same to use and theoperation thereof will be readily understood and it will be seen that Ihave provided a simple and efficient means for carrying out the objectof the invention.

I claim l. A device of the class described comprising a flat platecontacting one side of a tie and disposed beneath the base flange of arail, a substantially vertically disposed laterally extending flange onone end of said plate, an upwardly inclined extension on the upper endof the lateral flange to take over the base flange of the rail, andmeans for fastening the plate to the tie.

2. A device of the class described comprising a flat plate contactingone side of a tie and disposed beneath-the base flange of a rail, asubstantially vertically disposed laterally bent flange on one end ofsaid plate,

an upwardly inclined extension bent from cases (if tlif paiteht' as? beattained" far fiv ee'n't's eaeh, by addressing the the upper end of thelateral flange to take over the base flange of the rail and meansforfastening the plate to the tie.

3.'The combination With a rail and a! tie; of a fiat plate contactingone side of the tie and, disposed beneath the rail, asubstan tiallyvertically disposed laterally extending flange on one end of said plate,an upwardly inc-lined extension on the upper end 01? the lateralflangesaid extension: being adapted to take over the basefiange of therail at a point beyond the adjacent side face of the tie, said platehaving in its other end an aperture to ree ive a fastening lement passedthrong the fie t6 seeure said tie and fastener tegether,

4. A rail fastener comprising a flat plate, a substantially verticallydisposed lateral flange bent from one end of said plate, an upwardlyinwardly inclined extension bent from the upper end of said lateralflange, and said plate having a transverse aperture adjacent its otherend to receive a fastening element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

HARVEY B. HALL.

Witnesses:

C. D. BABB', C. E. KRUGH.

Commissioner 0'! Patents,

Washington, 15: c.

